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How to use research for innovation and business growth

People doing business in North-East Fife can learn how to use research to drive innovation and business growth at St Andrews Business Club’s next event on February 13.

In the joint event with Business Gateway Fife, to be held at the Old Course Hotel from 5.30pm, business people will hear from Dr Lorna Howarth of KTN and Paul Kyle of CIK Solutions.

Dr Howarth is the Knowledge Transfer Advisor for Fife & Tayside for Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN).

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

PARTNERSHIP APPOINTS NEW CHAIR

The Fife Economy Partnership announces the appointment of Michael Longstaffe as its new chair.

Chief Executive Officer at Smith Anderson - the UK’s leading manufacturer of paper bags, based in Kirkcaldy - Michael was previously chair of the Partnership’s Trade Development Group and is a longstanding director of the Fife Chamber of Commerce.

Michael will be assisted by Ian Palmer, Managing Director of John Fergus & Co Ltd, who was elected the partnership’s Vice-Chair.

The appointments were made at the FEP Executive Grou

Thursday, 10 January 2019

£16M TAX SAVINGS SECURED FOR EQ CLIENTS

Leading Scottish tax and business advisory specialists, EQ Accountants LLP have claimed over £16M of Research and Development tax credits for clients, ranging from a soft fruit grower and dental implants company to a manufacturer of bespoke automation systems tailored to a wide range of industries.

The firm, which has offices in Dundee, Forfar, Cupar and Glenrothes, has recently secured its 300th claim for R&D Tax credits which can potentially apply to any companies developing or creating new products, innovations or processes.

Managed by a specialist team of seve

Wednesday, 09 January 2019

Stan & Ollie – the 9th fine movie Scaramanga has gotten into!

Fife vintage specialist Scaramanga is on Cloud Nine after one of its antique suitcases is used in a ‘significant’ scene in the new Laurel & Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie, released in the UK today.

The film is the ninth Hollywood or major UK movie to use products from the Cupar-based firm in seven years. It stars Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and Oscar nominee John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy and follows the comedy legends’ ill-starred variety hall tour of Britain in 1953.

Tuesday, 08 January 2019

Business Gateway Fife Festive Working Hours

Our office will be closed from Monday 24th December 2018 and open again on Thursday 3rd January 2019.

We look forward to working with more Fife businesses over the next year. In the meantime we wish you health and happiness over the Festive period.

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

BAY HOTEL AWARDED TASTE OUR BEST AWARD FROM VISITSCOTLAND

The Bay Hotel at Kinghorn is celebrating being awarded a prestigious Taste Our Best Award for the quality of its food served in the Horizons restaurant, and throughout the business.

Taste Our Best is Visit Scotland’s leading accreditation scheme for businesses which serve up locally sourced, high quality, food and drink.

The Bay Hotel already works with a range of local suppliers in Fife, including Stuarts Bakery of Buckhaven, David Lowrie Fish Merchants of Pittenweem, and the iconic Fisher & Donaldson in St Andrews.

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

North-East Fife 2019 – business influences to be revealed

People doing business in North-East Fife can hear about the likely effects on the economy of North-East Fife of major factors such as Brexit and The Tay Cities Deal at a St Andrews Business Club event on January 16.

In the event, to be held at the Old Course Hotel from 5.30pm, Gordon Mole, Chief Officer, Business and Employability, at Fife Council and Professor Brad MacKay, Vice-Principal, International, Strategy and External Relations at University of St Andrews, will talk about what they believe 2019 will and may hold for St Andrews and North-East Fife which will a

Monday, 10 December 2018